My 70X72” South Seas shower curtain from SKL Home is defective. Mostly of turquoise coloration, the curtain also has light blue, rusty orange, and a slight bit of green. It definitely requires a curtain liner, unlike my older shower curtain that is also 100% polyester, but which is thicker, stronger, and truly water proof. My old one truly represents what a shower curtain still should be. It makes no sense for shower curtains to be made of material not resistant enough to prevent water absorption. There are multiple things wrong or odd with the SKL Home shower curtain that I received. It was a return item, as it was bunched in the middle and had overlapping fold lines in it. All colors in my SKL curtain seem intentionally light, but the starfish and some of the shells appear as if faded or missing coloration. The floral swirls beneath the bottom of the seahorse on my shower curtain (but not on the illustration advertising it), have prominent white lines running horizontally through the top of them. The N in the vertical word "ocean" in my shower curtain has reduced coloration, and looks faded, rather than as presented in the picture of the product. The bottom hem on my curtain has a 14 to 15-inch portion which is hemmed too high, making the bottom crooked. It stars straight on the left, rises about 1/4 inch for the next 14 or 15 inches, and then reverts to the correct length. Oddly, the top seahorses in the print starts a little too high, with the top hem seam cutting through the top of the seahorse heads. Having this row of seahorses strangely start so high, or higher, which I have noticed in pictures of other reviews, detracts from the print; that row of seahorses being the first prominent design element. Due to Covid19 and my age, returning the shower curtain to Amazon is problematic. Additionally, having just put the curtain and liner on, I would need to remove them, put the old curtain and the liner back in place, return the curtain to an Amazon locker, and then do it all over again when the new curtain arrives! Right now, my pretty, but defective shower curtain is still hanging up, while I am sitting here disgusted with it. What ever happened to quality assurance? Is this representative of SKL Home quality? My rating for the SKL South Seas shower curtain: Design and colors: 4 stars Fabric thickness and water resistance: 2 stars Fabrication/workmanship: 1 star Total of 7 stars, averaging to 2.3 stars, resulting in an overall score of 2 stars. Had this not been a defective shower curtain I would probably have rated it with 4 stars due to the pretty print. 08/02/2020 The hem discrepancies were so great on the left side that I missed this----the far right bottom hem is hemmed too high also, and for a 3 inch span---making the bottom of this curtain even worse than had previously been thought!!! Edit 08/25/2020 Strangely enough, I’ve purchased this curtain 3 times. 06/30/20 I purchased one as a gift for my sister, knowing that she’d like the colors, and couldn’t go out to search for a pretty curtain for the guest bath of her new home. I focused on the colors and design-- not considering the possibility of any issue with the hem or pattern, and haven’t seen the curtain since. I received a 2nd curtain in July for myself (the one that I reviewed). Later in July 2020 I purchased the 3rd curtain to replace the unsatisfactory 2nd one. The 3rd one also has a crooked hem, but has a little more length, so the hem isn’t as noticeable. Instead of returning the 2nd purchase to Amazon I hung it the bathroom of our older home, which is near ready to be put on the market. Amazingly, due to the layout of that bathroom, paint, lighting, etc., it looks fine there! That bathroom is painted a peach color and the tile has a sort of peachy tone. With the addition of towels with turquoise tones, the overall effect is nice, and as the hem is irrelevant for a temporary purpose, I’m keeping that curtain also! Yes, I still have problems with the crooked hems and fabric (along with the ridiculous trend of non-waterproof shower curtains). However, given how pleased I am with the water color aspect of this pretty print design, I’ve reconsidered my prior rating. My revised rating is 5 stars for the design and colors, thus elevating the averaged score from 2 to 3 stars. I've seen this curtain at higher cost at several sites, one pricing it at about $39 dollars, and which routinely provides 20% off coupons. Perhaps some others are selling the defective ones at a lower price, or perhaps all of the SKL curtains in this print, or in a particular “run” of this print, are irregular. Just be aware that if you purchase this beautiful print curtain it might arrive with a print irregularity and a crooked hem!
